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A Criminal Case Study of Fraudulent Electronic Notarization ...

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5. First Notary Complaint Discovered Forgery of Signature and Seal
Secretary of State Response
Referred to Local Police Department
Couldn’t Help – No Monetary Loss
Referred to San Diego City Attorney
Investigation Opened

6. First Notary Allegations Former Notary for the Company
Debt Collection Services
Forged Signature and Seal
On 50-100 Affidavits (Verification of Account)
All Sent to Attorney’s Office in Kansas

7. The Affidavit in Question

8. Initial Investigation Confirmed Kansas Received Documents
Dated over 30 Days after Notary Resigned
Signature Scanned or Forged?
Seal Scanned or Copied?
Is there a victim? Kansas Attorney? The Kansas Courts? The Notary?
Another Notary Came Forward

9. Second Notary Allegations
Notarized 50 Affidavits at a Time
300 Affidavits Needed Notarization
Company wanted to Scan Signature and Seal
Legal or Not?
Must Protect Seal, Signature, and Log
Refused to Notarize any more Affidavits
Seal and Signature might be Scanned

10. Additional Investigation Company had an Electronic Journal
Backlog of Affidavits
Told Notary2 would Password Protect her Signature and seal
Attempted to Develop In-house System
Claimed Affidavits were a Test – not meant to be sent to Kansas

18. Lessons Learned Growing Need for Electronic Notarization
Secretary of State Jurisdiction is Limited
Businesses want to do the Right Thing
Laws and Regulations Unclear
Inadequate Guidelines for Businesses and Notaries